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Word on the street

I just heard three U.S. Bishops have stated today they will deny pro-abort politicians communion. Ah, here’s the link – on spiritdaily.com of all places.

Here’s the end of the letter, signed by Most Reverend John F. Donoghue, Archbishop of Atlanta; Most Reverend Robert J. Baker, Bishop of Charleston; and Most Reverend Peter J. Jugis, Bishop of Charlotte.

Because of the influence that Catholics in public life have on the conduct of our daily lives and on the formation of our nation’s future, we declare that Catholics serving in public life espousing positions contrary to the teaching of the Church on the sanctity and inviolability of human life, especially those running for or elected to public office are not to be admitted to Holy Communion in any Catholic church within our jurisdictions: the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the Dioceses of Charleston and Charlotte. Only after reconciliation with the Church has occurred, with the knowledge and consent of the local bishop, and public disavowal of former support for procured abortion, will the individual be permitted to approach the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
We undertake this action to safeguard the sacred dignity of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar, to reassure the faithful, and to save sinners.

This is not going to play well with the Barney Jesus crowd.

“Jesus is nice! He wants us to all take communion, even if we persist in manifest grave sin!”

St. John Vianney, Patron of Parish Priests

“All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.”

This is a holy card from St. John Baptiste Vianney Parish in Gladwyne, PA. They commissioned an artist to do this visage of the saint to commemorate their 75th anniversary under his patronage. The work is wonderful but this scan is a little strange looking because the card is laminated. It’s shame I can’t post a larger photo of it.

Alan Keyes for U.S. Senate?

Link via Envoy Encore
Keyes is reportedly opening to the idea of taking on Barack Obama for the Illinois seat in the US Senate. If he does, I predict he’ll get pasted by Obama. Though Keyes is undeniably brilliant, he just seems to be unelectable. It wouldn’t just be an contest between liberal and conservative; Obama has charisma and Keyes has the cure for adult ADHD. Nevermind that Keyes doesn’t even live in the state. He’s a current resident of Maryland. Yet it worked for Hillary in New York. Maybe it could work for Keyes, too.

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Link via Bill Cork
About the contest:

An international literary parody contest, the competition honors the memory (if not the reputation) of Victorian novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873). The goal of the contest is childishly simple: entrants are challenged to submit bad opening sentences to imaginary novels. Although best known for “The Last Days of Pompeii” (1834), which has been made into a movie three times, originating the expression “the pen is mightier than the sword,” and phrases like “the great unwashed” and “the almighty dollar,” Bulwer-Lytton opened his novel Paul Clifford (1830) with the immortal words that the “Peanuts” beagle Snoopy plagiarized for years, “It was a dark and stormy night.”

Do they still publish a book of the most notable entries for each year? I remember that being well worth the purchase. It provided hours of entertainment.

I wouldn’t call that “true love”

Mary Kay Letourneau Freed From Prison